DAOGUANG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A FLAMBE-GLAZED VASE
DAOGUANG INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The urn-shaped body is supported on a splayed foot, and is molded with a slightly concave band below the edge of the sloping shoulder which tapers towards the neck flanked by a pair of scroll handles. The vase is covered overall in a deep purplish-red glaze streaked in milky blue and mushroom that trails from the lipped rim over the handles and down the sides onto the foot. The interior is covered in a pale blue glaze, and the base is covered in a brown wash.
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Dragon House, San Francisco.

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Lot Essay

A larger, unmarked flambé vase of similar shape is illustrated by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection - Chinese Ceramics, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, no. A 289, where he notes that "kiln transmutations (yao pien), liable to occur during the firing of the copper-red glazes were first exploited during the reign of Yong Cheng, when attempts to imitate the effects of ancient Chun wares were made; when in some cases - as here - the process was assisted by adding splashes of cobalt". Daoguang-marked flambé-glazed vases of this shape appear to be quite rare. For earlier examples of this type, compare a Yongzheng-marked flambé-glazed example of similar archaistic shape and height (8 5/8 in.) sold at Christie's New York, 21 September 2004, lot 316; and a Qianlong-marked example in the Exhibition of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art Assembled by Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1943, no. 915. See, also, the very similar Daoguang-marked vase sold at Christie's London, 7 November 2006, lot 212.

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